sky-blue
sky-blue — noun
1. a pale to medium blue tone that people most often associate with a cloudless day
a pale to medium blue tone that people most often associate with a cloudless daytime sky
The living room walls were a soft sky-blue that kept the space calm and airy.
sky-blue as a wall colour in interior design
Marta chose sky-blue for the baby's blanket because the shade reminded her of the ocean.
The artist mixed white and blue paint to create a perfect sky-blue for distant hills.
Eitan's favourite colour is sky-blue, the shade he sees from his window on clear mornings.
The car was available in a metallic sky-blue that caught everyone's attention at the showroom.
文法句型
sky-blue as an uncountable colour noun
用法筆記
Treated as an uncountable noun — you would say 'a shade of sky-blue' rather than 'a sky-blue'. The compound is hyphenated in standard use.
常見錯誤
sky-blue — adjective
1. having a light, pale blue shade that is the same as the colour of a cloudless sk
having a light, pale blue shade that is the same as the colour of a cloudless sky during the daytime
Tendai wore a sky-blue shirt to his job interview at the bank.
sky-blue + noun for clothing
The kitchen walls were a soft sky-blue that made the small room feel much bigger.
be + sky-blue as predicative adjective
Sari bought a sky-blue dress for her cousin's wedding celebration in June.
A sky-blue ribbon was tied neatly around the white gift box at the party.
The sky-blue sweater on the top shelf caught Olivia's attention straight away.
- cerulean
describes a richer, deeper version of the colour; more common in formal or artistic writing
- light blue
a broader term that covers any pale shade of blue, not specifically the colour of the sky
文法句型
sky-blue + noun as attributive
be + sky-blue / be + sky blue as predicative
用法筆記
In attributive position (before a noun), the hyphenated form 'sky-blue' is standard. In predicative position (after a linking verb), the hyphen is often dropped: 'the walls are sky blue'.